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Ugolino di Nerio (1280? - 1349) was active in his native city of Siena and in Florence between the years 1317 and 1327.
He was a follower of Duccio di Buoninsegna, from whose Maestà some of his scenes are clearly derived.

He was a leading master who contributed to the spread of Sienese painting in Florence by earning commissions to paint in the two main basilicas there, Santa Maria Novella and Santa Croce.

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Ugolino's major work was the altarpiece for the church of Santa Croce in Florence.

Nerio was born around 1280 in Siena to a family of painters. His father as well as his siblings, Guido and Muccio, were artists. His only signed work is his altarpiece for the main altar of Saint Croce, dated around 1325; the signature has been lost but is recorded by Vasari.

The work was moved from the main altar in 1566 to make way for a ciborium designed by Vasari, and it was broken up and the surviving parts sold to W. Young Ottley,